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Council tables Community Preservation grant for St. Paul's parish after legal questions about church funding
Summary
Councilors debated whether Community Preservation Act funds can support a historic church envelope assessment; the finance committee recommended $14,500 but, after legal and constitutional questions, the council voted to table the appropriation for further review and memos from the city solicitor.
The Malden City Council on April 15 tabled an order (Paper 74-25) that would have appropriated $14,500 from the Community Preservation Act (CPA) fund for St. Paul's Parish envelope assessment. The finance committee had recommended the appropriation with a condition that any funded work not be used solely for religious purposes.
Councilor McDonald, who presented the committee recommendation, said the parish’s historic building is used for community events in addition to worship and that the committee sought a narrowly tailored award for an exterior…
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